jaraco/keyring · Security
Python Keyring does not securely initialize encryption cipher
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-p3h7-3c45-qj4v
- CVE ID
- CVE-2012-4571
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v4
- 8.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
Description
Python Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack.
CWEs
- CWE-326 · Inadequate Encryption Strength
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4571 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keyring/+bug/1004845 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/8 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1634-1 ↗
- https://github.com/jaraco/keyring/commit/162f2ed0e39e16d561732b9fad8af6cd2341d7bd ↗
- https://github.com/jaraco/keyring/commit/56272d908ba7a3fe4ebb6d6e87a7cc569f4726ac ↗
- https://github.com/jaraco/keyring/commit/a76942672f6ac85a88bd9b9ed31fd133119b7702 ↗
- https://github.com/jaraco/keyring/commit/cbf509b0386c3063d8b2879ce72d78ac18023f72 ↗
- https://github.com/jaraco/keyring/commit/cc1ead78d1e3fab9fa8bb0b4bb334cb82d35db52 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keyring/PYSEC-2012-8.yaml ↗
- http://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p3h7-3c45-qj4v ↗